Commandant calls for new crackdown on barracks life, Marine behavior

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Anything going on in my unit is my business.

Agreed, but. Things are a lot easier for the commander (IMO) if problems are resolved at the lowest level. Not that the CO/OIC doesn't get briefed on it. I always made it a habit to brief my OIC (and my supervisor now) on all the problems we have, but I make sure he knows that they've been resolved.

 

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I do concede that I see a huge amount of retards wearing the uniform in the US Army (etc...) and maybe due to the culture the micro managing is needed more so than NZ, I certainly am a lot harsher to Soldiers here than I ever was back in NZ.
Honestly I'm still working it out. After reading this thread, I'm glad I'm not active duty.

I think it has a lot to do with young soldiers being promoted too quickly, lack of proper leadership skills/ schooling, and most of all a lack of professionalism/respect for the rank and or position.

I think this has a lot to do with the challenges to professionalism that the US military has. We focus our recruiting almost entirely on 18 year olds, for short term contracts (join the army for college money and job skills!) instead of as a profession, and our up or out policies make promotion and rank almost seem like an entitlement. It's why our initial training is so lacking as well. WE still have a military focused on a rapid WWII expansion, instead of a core professional force.
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